linux-kernel - [PATCH] thermal: sysfs: Replace snprintf with strscpy in policy

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Message-ID: <20260112174901.767434-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:49:00 +0100
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] thermal: sysfs: Replace snprintf with strscpy in policy_store

There is no need to use snprintf with a format specifier to copy 'buf'
to 'name'; use strscpy() directly instead.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
 drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
index d80612506a33..e9580ddf4882 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ policy_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	char name[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH];
 	int ret;
 
-	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s", buf);
+	strscpy(name, buf);
 
 	ret = thermal_zone_device_set_policy(tz, name);
 	if (!ret)
-- 
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
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